Bona
f.
Latin bona 'good, kind, right, pleasant; valid, useful, healthy'.
The name of a 12th C Italian saint and a 15th C duchess of Savoy.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Bona (nom) chlumecky 158;
1354 Bona (abl) ibid. 52
- ◑ 1350 Bonka (nom) chlumecky 156;
1353 Bonca (nom) ibid. 97;
1354 Bonka (nom) ibid. 58
- England
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- Latin
- ◑ 1279–80 Bonetta (nom) WaHR-SK p. 61
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Bona (nom) irminon-vol2 48;
1047x1061 Bona (nom) CartNDSaintes XX;
1147 Bona (abl) clairvaux-12thc 18;
1287 Bona (nom) GasReg-A p. 74
- ◑ 1179 Bonella (abl) clairvaux-12thc 178
- Middle French
- ● 1565 Bonne RegPCC-1 p. 176;
1566 Bonne ibid. p. 265;
1568 Bonne ibid. p. 410;
1571 Bonne ibid. p. 631;
1572 Bonne ibid. p. 632
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1073 Bona (nom) skinner p. 120;
1265x1339 Bona (nom) BBC-Berg 100;
1366 Bona (nom) Livi 26,
Buonam (acc) ibid. 22;
1527 Bona (nom) Rome1527 p. 89
- ◑ 1265x1339 Boneta (nom) BBC-Berg 778,
Bonetta (nom) ibid. 114
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1436 Bona (abl) MHCG2 209,
Bonam (acc) ibid. 209,
Bone (dat) ibid. 209;
1475 Bonnam (acc) ibid. 239
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Bona". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Bona.